<description>Some awesome things happened in 2018, we promise, in among all the kak. We chat about President Buhari's imposter syndrome, get all up in our geek feels about Stan Lee, talk about Netflix's legal battles with the Church of Satan and the Escobars, and put in a shout out to New Zealand's Prime Minister.</description>

Some awesome things happened in 2018, we promise,…

Some awesome things happened in 2018, we promise, in among all the kak. We chat about President Buhari's imposter syndrome, get all up in our geek feels about Stan Lee, talk about Netflix's legal battles with the Church of Satan and the Escobars, and put in a shout out to New Zealand's Prime Minister.

A Is For Awesome Best Of 2018

<description>We're back with our podcast Christmas special, asking the vital questions like why is Christmas on the 25th of December, why we have Christmas trees, and how singing Christmas carols might be the most polite form of political protest ever.</description>

We're back with our podcast Christmas special, as…

We're back with our podcast Christmas special, asking the vital questions like why is Christmas on the 25th of December, why we have Christmas trees, and how singing Christmas carols might be the most polite form of political protest ever.

A Is For Awesome Christmas Special

<description>We're back! And we're talking about  those remarkable occasions when advertisers actually get it right. By which we really mean, those remarkable occasions when adverts make bigots super angry, and the rest of us get to laugh at them. Now that's truly awesome.</description>

We're back! And we're talking about  those remark…

We're back! And we're talking about  those remarkable occasions when advertisers actually get it right. By which we really mean, those remarkable occasions when adverts make bigots super angry, and the rest of us get to laugh at them. Now that's truly awesome.

A Is For Awesome Ep 12

<description>We're joined by the composer of our awesome jingle, Godfrey Johnson, to discuss why so many performers are introverts, why you should never compliment your children, and why we hope you don't take anything we say too seriously. Oh plus we talk about naked men on stage.

Note: Godfrey, it turns out, likes to play the table in front of him as if it were an imaginary piano, so if you hear a little bit of banging in the sound this week, that's why.</description>

We're joined by the composer of our awesome jingl…

We're joined by the composer of our awesome jingle, Godfrey Johnson, to discuss why so many performers are introverts, why you should never compliment your children, and why we hope you don't take anything we say too seriously. Oh plus we talk about naked men on stage.

Note: Godfrey, it turns out, likes to play the table in front of him as if it were an imaginary piano, so if you hear a little bit of banging in the sound this week, that's why.

A Is For Awesome Ep 11

<description>Online shopping can be a bit like gambling, because you might win the thing that you ordered, or you might get something else, or indeed nothing at all. We discuss the future of the post office, why you should go shoe shopping in the afternoon, and Yaaseen introduces us to his fast food based system of economics.</description>

Online shopping can be a bit like gambling, becau…

Online shopping can be a bit like gambling, because you might win the thing that you ordered, or you might get something else, or indeed nothing at all. We discuss the future of the post office, why you should go shoe shopping in the afternoon, and Yaaseen introduces us to his fast food based system of economics.

A Is For Awesome Ep 10

"A is for Awesome like this podcast" is a weekly podcast from comedian Yaaseen Barnes and writer Karen Jeynes, where they share interesting facts and stories, and inject a little positivity and entertainment into your day. If you want to know which world record Zimbabwe recently claimed, why babies only blink twice a minute, or why frogs say "ribbit", this is a podcast for you. Join them on their quest to discover the awesome which is all around us. 

PG 13: may contain "kak" and occasional references to tortoise sex

Catchy jingle by Godfrey Johnson 

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